Greensand Way

{{Short description|Long-distance path in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox hiking trail

|name=Greensand Way

|photo=YaldingTwyford0529.JPG

|caption=Crossing the Medway – The Twyford Bridge, Yalding, Kent

|location=South Eastern England, United Kingdom

|length={{Convert|174|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=http://explorekent.org/activities/greensand-way|title = Greensand Way |publisher=Explore Kent |access-date=6 February 2025}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/greensandway|title=The Greensand Way long distance route |publisher=Surrey County Council |access-date=6 February 2025}}

|trailheads=Haslemere, Surrey
Hamstreet, Kent

|use=Hiking

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|highest=Leith Hill, {{Convert|294|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title= Greensand Way - Part 5: Pitch Hill, Ewhurst to Broadmoor, Wotton |date= 18 December 2024 |publisher= Surrey County Council |url=https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/countryside/what-can-you-do/walking/long-walks/greensand-way/pitch-hill-to-broadmoor |access-date= 11 February 2025}}

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|season=All year

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|map= {{maplink-road|7|51.17|0.33|from=Greensand Way.map|frame-height=114}}

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The Greensand Way is a long-distance path of {{convert|108|mi|km}} in southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand Ridge along the Surrey Hills and Chart Hills. The route is mostly rural, passing through woods, and alongside fruit orchards and hop farms in Kent and links with the Stour Valley Walk near Pluckley in Kent. The trail was opened on 15 June 1980 and is jointly managed by Surrey and Kent Councils who fully updated it in 2012 (route, waymarking, online guide).

Much of the land is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The stretch from Hindhead to Leith Hill has formed part of the Surrey Hills AONB since 1958. The Sevenoaks Ridge, from the Surrey–Kent border to Borough Green, is included in the Kent Downs AONB.

The waymarks alone are not sufficient to follow the trail – an OS map, or the online guide with maps, is required.{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkingclub.org.uk/long-distance-path/greensand-way |title = Greensand Way |publisher=Saturday Walkers Club |date = 16 January 2019 |access-date=6 February 2025}} An updated guide with maps and walk directions is available online from the Kent and Surrey Council websites. The original guidebook is out of print.{{cite book |last1= Drewett |first1= J. |title= Surrey |edition= 2nd |series= Shire County Guides |year= 1985 |publisher= Shire Publications |location= Princes Risborough |isbn= 978-0-7478-0051-4 |page= [https://archive.org/details/surrey0000drew/page/8 8] |chapter= Chapter 1: Landscape and Countryside |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/surrey0000drew/page/8 }} On Ordnance Survey Explorer map 145, a spur – also labelled Greensand Way – is shown from Thursley to Farnham; this is not part of the path.